







Occupation
BIOLOGISTS
With 1,097 biographies, Biologists are the 18th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Composers, Noblemen, and Philosophers.
People
Pantheon has 1,098 people classified as biologists born between 1166 and 2000. Of these 1,098, 128 (11.66%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living biologists include Maurice Kottelat, Feng Zhang, and Steve Jones. The most famous deceased biologists include Max Theiler, Ruth Patrick, and Göran Wahlenberg.
Living Biologists
Go to all RankingsJames Watson
1928 - Present
HPI: 83.14
Yoshinori Ohsumi
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.17
Richard Dawkins
1941 - Present
HPI: 75.49
George Smith
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.77
Ada Yonath
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.00
Richard Henderson
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Tomas Lindahl
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.64
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.09
Gregory Winter
1951 - Present
HPI: 72.70
Linda B. Buck
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.70
Elizabeth Blackburn
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.13
Michael Houghton
1949 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Deceased Biologists
Go to all RankingsCharles Darwin
1809 - 1882
HPI: 91.48
Carl Linnaeus
1707 - 1778
HPI: 90.16
Gregor Mendel
1822 - 1884
HPI: 85.69
Alexander Fleming
1881 - 1955
HPI: 84.76
Ivan Pavlov
1849 - 1936
HPI: 83.05
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
1632 - 1723
HPI: 82.46
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
1744 - 1829
HPI: 82.06
Ernst Haeckel
1834 - 1919
HPI: 79.95
Konrad Lorenz
1903 - 1989
HPI: 79.42
Rosalind Franklin
1920 - 1958
HPI: 79.24
Karl Landsteiner
1868 - 1943
HPI: 79.16
Robert Edwards
1925 - 2013
HPI: 78.39
Places
Most biologists were born in Germany (194), United States (191), and United Kingdom (190). By city, the most common birth places were Paris (32), New York City (25), and London (21).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as biologists in Pantheon are Alessandra Giliani, Ibn al-Baitar, and Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati. The concentration of biologists was largest during the Newspaper Era, which lasted from 1700 to 1899. Some birth or death locations for earlier biologists are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Biologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Biologists since 1700.